The National Police have opened an investigation into the possible "inappropriate conduct" of a teacher at the Nuestra Señora de Monti-sion school in Palma with a student. The investigation, carried out by the Family and Women's Assistance Unit (UFAM), suggests that the incidents occurred through an instant messaging application. Monti-sion school has reported that the teacher under investigation has been suspended from his duties and that the matter has been reported to the Police, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and the Education Inspectorate. In a statement, the school indicated that it received information last Monday regarding possible "inappropriate conduct" by a teacher, although they did not specify the nature of the behavior or with whom it involved. At that time, the measures outlined in the Jesuit 'Safe Environment' protocol were activated, and the teacher was suspended from his duties as a precautionary measure. Meanwhile, the school continues to gather information about the initial elements of this situation to try to clarify what happened. The matter is also in the hands of the judicial, police, and educational authorities, with whom the school has committed to collaborating in a coordinated manner "to guarantee the proper follow-up of the procedure." The teacher remains suspended from his duties as a precautionary measure this Wednesday, and the school continues to faithfully apply the steps established in the protocol. Monti-sion has reaffirmed its commitment to the care, protection, and well-being of all members of the educational community. Any situation that may cause concern, it reminded, can be reported to the following email address: protection@jesuits.es"Given the sensitive nature of the matter, we reiterate the importance of trusting the responsible entities to ensure compliance with established protocols," the educational center stated.

For the past two years, history has been repeating itself, and every day more families join the struggle. In Pollença, Alcudia, Santa Margalida, Muro, and Can Picafort, the anxiety of arriving on time to the Joan Taix Integrated Vocational Training Center in Sa Pobla has become a collective battle affecting more than 600 students throughout the northern region. It's a problem that no one is resolving and, according to the families, is jeopardizing their future careers before they even begin. The situation hasn't changed in recent years despite the protests: young people arrive late due to public transport schedules and routes, and these delays translate into absences that count. And they count for a lot. Under current regulations, accumulating 25% absences means losing a place in the vocational training program. And the students at Joan Taix are simply at a disadvantage. "The bus drops them off at the Sa Pobla cemetery, and they have to walk across the entire town to get to the center. They're late every day," explains Maria Antònia, the mother of one of the affected students. She's not speaking for herself: she's speaking on behalf of dozens of families who have been living with this stressful, anxious routine of impossible deadlines for two years. "If they're five minutes late and there's an exam, they're not allowed in. And that's an unexcusable absence. We find it unfair because it's not up to them," she laments. A struggle that goes back a long way

This mother vividly remembers that when she studied at the same school, they were already experiencing a similar problem. Even so, the situation was better: "There was a bus that picked up students from Pollença and took them directly to Joan Taix. Santa Margalida and Muro traveled together on another bus, and Alcúdia and Pollença shared a route. All of this was provided by the Consell de Mallorca." Nowadays, however, students have to navigate a real obstacle course: "From Pollença, the bus arrives at approximately 7:30 a.m., but classes start at 8:00 a.m. A simple delay and they're already late." From Santa Margalida, they have to leave at six in the morning for Inca to catch the train to Sa Pobla. From Can Picafort and Muro, they depend on equally precarious connections," she says.

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On November 10th, Palma's Local Police located an eight-year-old boy alone inside a school in Son Ferriol. Neither the boy nor his mother knew it was a non-school day, the City Council reported in a statement on Sunday. At 9:15 a.m., a citizen alerted the officers after seeing the boy alone inside the school grounds. When the patrol arrived, they found that the playground gate, although locked, opened when pushed. Inside, they found the boy, who explained that, seeing no one else around, he had remembered it wasn't school and had decided to wait for his mother to come back for him. The officers took him to another nearby school where an activity was scheduled. There, with the help of an educational advisor from the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities who knew the family, they contacted the mother by phone. The minor was accompanied at all times by the officers and the school counselor. The mother was later summoned to the East District police station, where she explained that she had left her son at the center and had made sure he entered the premises, as she was unaware that it was not a school day. Once her identity was verified, the police returned the minor to his mother.

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